Railway snow-plow.



No. 674,329. Patented May I4, mm.

W. E. WILDER.

RAILWAY SNOW PLOW.

(Application fllod m 31, 1900:

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WILLIAM E. WILDER, OF BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS.

RAILWAY SNOW-PLOW.

SPECIFICATION formingpart Of Letters Patent NO. 674,329. dated. May 14, 1901.

Application filed May 31, 1900. Serial No. 18,523. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E. WILDER, of Brookline, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway Snow-Flows, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to snow-plows or other pieces of rolling equipment for railways; and its object is to provide such plow or car with a snow-clearer at the side for enlarging a path already cleared.

To this end theinvention consists in certain improvements, which I shall now proceed to describe and claim.-

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figurel represents a side elevation of a plow constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 represents a plan View thereof. Fig. 3 represents adetail section showing means forsupporting the snow-clearer in operative position.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the figures.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a car-body mounted upon suitable trucks and having a snow-clearer or prow 2 at its forward end. The prow 2 may be constructed in any suitable manner to clear a space or path on the track. On both sides of the body 1, back of the prow 2, are mounted auxiliary snow-clearers adapted to clear an additional space on each side of the space cleared by the front of the prow. As shown in the drawings, each auxiliary clearer comp rises an elongated chute 3, hinged on its inner edge at 12 in an inclined position and extending rearwardly and upwardly from the vicinity of the rail to a suitable point near the top of the plow. The car-body 1 is shown as having on each side a laterally-projecting portion 4 at its forward part and a less extended portion 5 at its rear part, there being an inclined ledge or shoulder 6 at the rear terminus of the portion 4, behind which the auxiliary snow-clearer resides when in retracted position, so as to allow the plow to present an un obstructed side. The chute 3 is adapt-ed to be swung from its inoperative position (shown in full lines in Figs. 1 and 2) to an operative position substantially at right angles to the side of the body 1, as represented in dotted lines. Mechanism is provided for moving the chute 3 from one position to the other and supportingitin operative position, said mechanism, as shown in Fig. 3, consisting of a toggle 7 and an air-cylinder 8 for operating the same. The efiect of the chute 3 in operation is to raise the snow from the track and throw it upwardly along the chute. To throw this snow outwardly, a wing or deflector 9 is provided, hinged to swing outwardly on a vertical axis 10 from the retracted position parallel to the side of the body 1 (shown in full lines in Figs. 1 and 2) to the dotted-line diagonal rearwardly and outwardly projecting position shown in said figures. The wing 9 is also adapted to slide vertically on its hingeaxis and is connected by a hinge or flexible joint 11 to the upper outer cornerof the chute 3, so that the oscillatory movement of said chute imparts the said oscillatory and vertically-sliding movements to the Wing 9. It will be seen that the chute 3 and wing 9 together constitute an auxiliary snow-clearer movable from a retracted position to a laterally-projecting position, the said clearer havinga snow-lifting lower, upwardly, and rearwardly inclined portion and a side-throwing upper, outwardly, and rearwardly inclined portion.

Although the side-throwing wing 9 is an important portion of the snow-cleaner, it is obvious that the lifting portion or chute 3 of the clearer could be used without the said side-throwing wing. It is further apparent that my improvement may be applied to cars or pieces of rolling equipment which are not provided with snow-clearing prows at their front ends.

I I claim-- 1. In a railway-car, the combination with the car-body of a laterally-projecting rearwardly and upwardlyinclined chute mounted at the side of said body and movable to assume operative and inoperative positions.

2. In a railway-car, the combination with the car-body of a laterally-projecting rearwardly and upwardly inclined chute mounted at the side of said body and hinged on its inner edge so as to assume operative and inoperative positions.

3. In a railway-car, the combination with the car-body of a laterally-projecting rear wardly and upwardly inclined chute mounted at the side of said body and hinged on its inner edge so as to assume operative and inoperative positions, and means to support said chute in operative position.

4:. In a railway-car, the combination with the car-body of a laterally-projecting snowclearer movable to assume operative and inoperative positions, and comprising a snowlifting lowernpwardly and rearwardly inclined portion and an upper side-throwing outwardly and rearwardly inclined portion.

5. In a railway-car, the combination with the car-body of a laterally-projecting snowclearer movable to assume operative and inoperative positions, and comprising a snowlifting lower upwardly and rearwardly inclined portion and an upper side-throwing outwardly and rearwardly inclined portion, the said portions being separate from each other and independently hinged to the plow.

6. In a railway-car, the combination with the car-body of a laterally-projecting snowclearer movable to assume operative and inoperative positions, and comprising a snow lifting lower upwardly and rearwardly inclined portion and an upper side-throwing outwardly and rearwardly inclined portion, the said portions being separate from each other. and independently hinged to the plow and connected to oscillate together.

'7. In a railway-car, the combination with the car-body of a laterally-projecting snowclearer movable to assume operative and inoperative positions, and comprising a snowlifting lower upwardly and rearwardly inclined portion and an upper side-throwing outwardly and rearwardly inclined portion, the said portions being separate from each other and independently hinged to the plow, the said lower portion being hinged to oscillate on an inclined axis, the said upper portion being hinged on a substantially vertical axis and adapted to oscillate and slide thereon, and a connection between said portions, whereby the oscillation of the lower portion oscillates and slides the upper portion.

8. A railway snow-plow having a snowclearing end, and an auxiliary snow-clearer located to the rear of said end on the side of the plow and comprising a laterally-projecting rearwardly and upwardly inclined chute.

9. A railway snow-plow having a snowclearing end, and an auxiliary snow-clearer located to the rear of said end on the side of the plow and comprising a laterally-projecting rearwardly and upwardly inclined chute movable to assume operative and inoperative positions.

10. In a railway-car, the combination with a body, the side of which has a forward laterally-extended part, an inclined ledge or shoulder at the rear edge of said part, and a chute hinged to swing inwardly into a retracted position behind said ledge or outwardly into a laterally-projecting operative position.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WVILTJIAM E. WILDER.

Witnesses:

R. M. PIERSON, O. F. BROWN. 

